Read Melissa Unbankes's "The King and I" on pages 132- 137 of The Norton Sampler. In this short narrative, the author, Melissa Unbankes, describes her grandmother and tells how their relationship changed over time. After reading the story, write a paragraph about a friend or family member, considering the following: What does the person do? Does the person have a job or career, or is his/her focus on taking care of family? What is something the person is passionate about? What is a place you associate with that person? What is one annoying or unusual trait about that person? What does that person mean to you? Now, write the paragraph. Be sure you start with a topic sentence, which is a general statement that introduces the person to the audience.

Answer and Explanation:

The person I want to describe is my mother. She does not have a formal job, but takes care of the home and family like no one else. My mother is very dedicated to making the house comfortable for the whole family and she is always fulfilling all our wishes. She says that she is passionate about it and that she is happy if we feel happy with the environment. I wish she had more time for her, but she says that is her duty. I always associate my mother with a call of comfort and calm, where I can have total freedom, like my room, for example. She has no annoying features, except during board games where she likes to cheat, but it is not out of malice. My mother means the greatest symbol of kindness and dedication that I can have, I hope she is very happy.

*meditation

*music

*reading

*playing games

*going out to eat

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen